Star Trek Online

Kiith · 17-05-2010 3:15pm

How is the game going these days btw, or is there even anyone who still plays it?

This has to be given the award for most disappointing mmo ever made. Christ, they had so much to work with, and it had nothing in it that made it stand out from any other mmo out there today.

Krieg · 17-05-2010 10:38pm

Hmm kinda fun but below average for my taste, granted ive only played the demo. Perhaps in a year's time it will be better

Venom · 18-05-2010 3:27pm

Kiith wrote: »

How is the game going these days btw, or is there even anyone who still plays it?

This has to be given the award for most disappointing mmo ever made. Christ, they had so much to work with, and it had nothing in it that made it stand out from any other mmo out there today.

Its pretty much exactly the same as the first month with a couple of lame raidisodes added but zero solo content added and crafting still is a joke. Most of the fluff like races and ship skins that's have been added has to be bought via the C-store and at this point its turned into a see how much cash Cryptic can leech from the playerbase gig.

Avoid at all costs imho.

Monty - the one and only · 22-05-2010 8:27pm

ild best recommend to those who dont like it now, to check it out after the next large update in july, theres alot of stuff going in to the gameseason 2

Necron99 · 18-06-2010 9:28am

Well if anyone is still playing this and wants to hook up to do some raids of group missions my Handle is Necron@ColonelNecron
Add me to friends or just give me a shout in game

My fleet is always looking for more European players, we're trying to form a large US / EU 24/7 style group so there will always be someone to play no matter what time your on at.:)

Branoic · 23-06-2010 1:05pm

I booted this up again the other day to see if there had been any technical improvements which would allow me to actually play the game - but no, it still crashes constantly on ground away missions. This is despite it working perfectly in the beta. :mad:

Dcully · 23-06-2010 1:31pm

Might try this out, anyone know how long the steam demo lasts?

Rev Hellfire · 23-06-2010 1:35pm

Tempted as well, though not sure if enough to pay for it. A demo might settle that.

Necron99 · 23-06-2010 2:12pm

Branoic wrote: »

I booted this up again the other day to see if there had been any technical improvements which would allow me to actually play the game - but no, it still crashes constantly on ground away missions. This is despite it working perfectly in the beta. :mad:

Is it a problem with your rig mate as I've not had the game crash once on me after over a months playing

Dcully wrote: »

Might try this out, anyone know how long the steam demo lasts?

I don't think the demo has a time frame but it stops you from doing anything but the starter missions & 1 quest, it gives you a good taste of the game and thats about it.

Kiith · 23-06-2010 2:43pm

Dcully wrote: »

Might try this out, anyone know how long the steam demo lasts?

Rev Hellfire wrote: »

Tempted as well, though not sure if enough to pay for it. A demo might settle that.

€20 says this will join the ever increasing stack of MMO's gathering dust on your shelf within a month.

I know mine is

Drakar · 23-06-2010 5:13pm

Yet another reason to get it on steam!

Dcully · 23-06-2010 5:25pm

Kiith wrote: »

€20 says this will join the ever increasing stack of MMO's gathering dust on your shelf within a month.

I know mine is

Indeed the stack is getting bigger and bigger but atleast this has a demo to try.
I dont hold much hope but out of curiousity i may as well try the demo, downloading now.

Venom · 23-06-2010 8:48pm

Dcully wrote: »

Indeed the stack is getting bigger and bigger but atleast this has a demo to try.
I dont hold much hope but out of curiousity i may as well try the demo, downloading now.

The Demo or trial for STO is a waste of bandwidth. The trial is sooooooooo short and you get to see so very little of the game its beyond a joke.

Venom · 23-06-2010 8:49pm

Rev Hellfire wrote: »

Tempted as well, though not sure if enough to pay for it. A demo might settle that.

Don't.

It really is that bad.

Rev have I ever steered ya wrong on a MMO?

Venom · 23-06-2010 8:50pm

Branoic wrote: »

I booted this up again the other day to see if there had been any technical improvements which would allow me to actually play the game - but no, it still crashes constantly on ground away missions. This is despite it working perfectly in the beta. :mad:

Making sure dynamic lighting is turned off might help.

Dcully · 24-06-2010 9:34pm

Venom wrote: »

Don't.

It really is that bad.

Rev have I ever steered ya wrong on a MMO?

Tried it out and tend to agree.
Its like champions online only worse.

Rev Hellfire · 24-06-2010 9:38pm

Venom wrote: »

Don't.

It really is that bad.

Rev have I ever steered ya wrong on a MMO?

Avoided, though I was sceptical to begin with.
Guess its back to waiting for jumpgate and/or black prophecy.

Dcully · 24-06-2010 10:08pm

Im thinking of a wow return YET AGAIN :rolleyes:.
Apart from that im tempted to get APB,looks fun , i just wonder what longevity will be like.
Cant wait for Star Wars: The Old Republic but thats next year, guild wars 2 looks very good too, when is it out?
Ill probably play some LOTRO when it goes F2P but doubt it will keep me interested longterm.

I quite enjoying playing AOC again recently but was shocked how fast i got fed up of the end game raiding

Kiith · 24-06-2010 10:45pm

Rev Hellfire wrote: »

Avoided, though I was sceptical to begin with.
Guess its back to waiting for jumpgate and/or black prophecy.

If one of these aren't good, then i give up. Seriously.

degrassinoel · 25-06-2010 1:49pm

STO is 20quid for the DigitalDeluxe version on steam right now with their sale, that said, i still wouldnt do it unless ye have nothing better to do with yer money

Dimy · 18-08-2010 10:28am

Regardless of the negative comments above and poor reviews I've tried the demo and purchased a life-time sub for this. I haven't played the game before the season 2 content was released so I don't know if that changes things, but for what it's worth... I love this game and would encourage other people to get into.

hairyheretic · 20-08-2010 10:24am

I enjoy it. I've seen they plan to roll out the ability to create your own missions, probably within the next 3 months or so. Given the lack of decent story missions on the Klingon side, I can see that getting a good workout.

Gator · 23-08-2010 6:49pm

not too bad, a must if you are a die hard fan, il give it 6 months and see how i geton, so far so good, a bit repetitive but all in all its ok

Necron99 · 24-08-2010 9:40am

I just canceled my sub, got far to repetitive and I hate cryptics C-Store micro transactions, just to many little things, and a few big ones wrong with the game imo that makes it not fun to play.

stiffler123 · 30-08-2010 10:08pm

Bought it last week. It's a little repetitive but very enjoyable. I just hope the story goes somewhere. And dabo is very addictive, would of been a nice touch tho if they had the DS9 theme tune though when you reach DS9. username is hawk@devilstiffe if anyone wants to team.

stiffler123 · 04-10-2010 6:22am

Didn't renew my subscription. Man that game gets boring fast. There's so much they could of done with it but didn't- I mean it's Star Trek ffs!

Branoic · 05-04-2011 4:49pm

Is anyone still playing this? I have a lifetime sub (I know, I know!) but actually stopped playing about 2 months after launch due to some technical issues on my end.

Have gone back to it yesterday, starting a new char from scratch, and from what I've heard (though not yet experienced as I'm still just starting out) there's been some welcome updates in the last year - the terrible sector space has been reworked, there is a new diplomatic corps for non-combat progression, weekly "episodes" which make it feel a lot more "Trek" and probably the biggest - The Foundry has just launched, allowing user generated missions. By all reports some of the stuff coming out of the Foundry is awesome already.

So. Anyone else playing? Thoughts? To me it looks like when STO launched, even trek fans had a hard time liking it, but now, while it's still probably not an AAA title which non-trek MMO players would like, I think they've done a lot to appeal to the fanbase over the year.

I'll also be on the lookout for a fleet to join over the next couple of weeks, once I've found my feet a bit, so recommendations would be welcome.

Kiith · 05-04-2011 6:25pm

Not playing it at the moment, but have been thinking of giving it another go. There have been some good updates, and i like the idea of the Foundry. Wouldnt mind having a go at creating some episodes myself.

Fenian Army · 22-01-2012 1:57pm

Its free to play now, anyone playing?

bossa_nova · 22-01-2012 3:20pm

Been playing it in drips and drabs over the last few days, i must say the space battles are so much fun, espeicilly in pvp.

Eye of Orion · 28-01-2012 10:19pm

I started up over a week ago, just got a sabre class ship, space battles are a bit quicker. I am a Lt. Cmdr atm, but the missions keep giving me battles against the borg, one shotted!

Not on the game atm, if anyone wants to talk more about it, let me know!

Venom · 29-01-2012 1:14am

Eye of Orion wrote: »

I started up over a week ago, just got a sabre class ship, space battles are a bit quicker. I am a Lt. Cmdr atm, but the missions keep giving me battles against the borg, one shotted!

Not on the game atm, if anyone wants to talk more about it, let me know!

You shouldn't be anywhere near the Borg at that level. What missions you doing?

Fenian Army · 29-01-2012 2:10am

Venom wrote: »

You shouldn't be anywhere near the Borg at that level. What missions you doing?

Its happened me too

You get like a system wide distress signal when in sector space, you click and you are dumped in with a half dozen or so cubes and loads of spheres. My constitution class got totally raped

Eye of Orion · 29-01-2012 1:24pm

You shouldn't be anywhere near the Borg at that level. What missions you doing?

Yeah, distress calls also, however, I was directed to Deep Sapce station K-7, and was given missions about the klingons to go to a system, but its the borg in it, i let peopel complete it, and then i go back, hand it in, and get same mission.........

Fenian Army · 29-01-2012 7:40pm

Have done a few of the user created foundry missions, really enjoyed them. Its a good game imo, but I have to admit I haven't experienced the MMO aspect yet, I've soloed nearly everything and talked to one guy, thats it. The input other players have had is basically just seeing them flying around sector space or around earth space station. Coming from wow this is a bit of a shock, there seems to be little social aspect. I'm only a lt commander, does this change at later levels?

Eye of Orion · 29-01-2012 9:48pm

I have witnessed no social aspect, as i still have 8 hours of game time to play before i can comment in zones, even talkign to people is awkward, as u need to keep right clicking and sending messages

Might try it again over the week, not too pushed on it

Venom · 29-01-2012 10:54pm

Fenian Army wrote: »

Have done a few of the user created foundry missions, really enjoyed them. Its a good game imo, but I have to admit I haven't experienced the MMO aspect yet, I've soloed nearly everything and talked to one guy, thats it. The input other players have had is basically just seeing them flying around sector space or around earth space station. Coming from wow this is a bit of a shock, there seems to be little social aspect. I'm only a lt commander, does this change at later levels?

The lack of OOC or /say chat in STO is very weird to get used to once you have played other MMO's. The only difference between level 1 to max level is your gear, the ship you fly and the faction of the mobs you will be fighting. Apart from STFs, PvP and PvE events its a solo game.

Fenian Army · 31-01-2012 3:12am

I'm addicted to the game now, the missions started off fun, then got a bit monotonous but then really picked up. Time travel, helping Scotty and McCoy, utterly fantastic stuff, haven't enjoyed a game this much in a long long time.

humanji · 31-01-2012 9:50am

I started playing this again the other day just to see what it's like now, and it's really come along. I'm not too far into it, but it really if fun. I still haven't a clue what I'm doing in some sections (and how the hell do you use schematics?), but it's all put together really well.

Of the too big space franchise games(this and Star Wars Old Republic), I prefer this. I still think SWTOR is a great game, but it doesn't feel too Star Wars-ish, where as this is all Star Trek, through and through.

Kiith · 31-01-2012 10:11am

I was really disappointed with Star Trek to be honest. It had some good points, but certain things just annoyed the hell out of me. Ground combat was disgracefully bad (i know it's better now), and i hated the Sector Map/Travelling system. It just felt totally unnatural, and looked awful. I will give it another go though, as the space combat was enjoyable.

To be fair though, I just wanted Eve Online, with a better combat system, and ships from Star Trek.

Venom · 31-01-2012 11:18am

humanji wrote: »

I started playing this again the other day just to see what it's like now, and it's really come along. I'm not too far into it, but it really if fun. I still haven't a clue what I'm doing in some sections (and how the hell do you use schematics?), but it's all put together really well.

Of the too big space franchise games(this and Star Wars Old Republic), I prefer this. I still think SWTOR is a great game, but it doesn't feel too Star Wars-ish, where as this is all Star Trek, through and through.

To use schematics in crafting you craft the one that matches the final item you wish to craft for example personal shield. The schematic is cheap to craft mats wise and when done appears in your inventory. You then need the other mats + schematic listed under the item you wise to craft. If some items on the list are in red it means you don't have enough of that mat.

humanji · 06-02-2012 11:00am

Cheers. They could have made that a little easier to understand in the game text.

Eye of Orion · 06-02-2012 7:28pm

To be fair though, I just wanted Eve Online, with a better combat system, and ships from Star Trek.

Indeed, Eve without the lose your ship for real part.....

I lost 2 abaddons to idiocy, and never went back just out of anger haha. I find the community in STO quite poor, no one helpful

Wossack · 07-02-2012 4:12pm

have been playing this for about a week now - enjoying it

JBnaglfar · 08-02-2012 2:40am

I've been playing for a couple of days now and am enjoying it. Decided to take a trip to Deep Space 9 today and won some Latinum by playing Dabo. It's a nice feature.

Fenian Army · 28-04-2012 8:24pm

I'm enjoying it, popping in to do a mission or two once a week

Fenian Army · 28-04-2012 8:25pm

Oh, I'm able to make a Klingon char now, should I bother? (heard the content for Klingons is minimal)

Nothingbetter2d · 04-05-2012 1:02pm

Fenian Army wrote: »

Oh, I'm able to make a Klingon char now, should I bother? (heard the content for Klingons is minimal)

go on ya wanna have a mars bar head toon

Fenian Army · 10-05-2012 9:41pm

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

go on ya wanna have a mars bar head toon

Yeah think I'm gonna make one, I can't think of a good Klingon sounding name

Whats the Klingon content like?

I have to say I love this game

humanji · 10-05-2012 9:48pm

The Klingon content is pretty similar to the random Federation content. I haven't played too much with them, but there's a few storylines and mostly system exploration. It's slightly different to the Feds, but nothing major.

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